Transitivity in Cantonese

This dissertation studies the notion of transitivity in Cantonese. Conventionally, transitivity is defined in terms of subject and object. If a sentence has both subject and object, it is transitive. If a sentence only has a subject, then the sentence is intransitive. This way of defining transitivi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tsang, Chi Chung Aaron
Other Authors: O'Grady, William
Published: University of Hawaii at Manoa 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10125/6877